The Guide to the Scriptures

Leprosy

A contagious disease spoken of often in the Old and New Testaments. Many notable people in the Bible were at some time afflicted with it, including Moses (Ex. 4:6–7), his sister Miriam (Num. 12:10), Naaman (2 Kgs. 5), and King Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:19–21).